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MARSHALL MARCUS: After more than a quarter of a century as a professional violinist with appearances in more than 60 countries, Marshall Marcus was, for a decade in London, CEO of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Head of Music at Southbank Centre and the Royal Festival Hall, overseeing one of the world’s largest arts centre music programmes. More recently he worked worldwide on a variety of projects devoted to helping advance the values and practice of Venezuela’s El Sistema, and since December 2012 has been CEO of the European Union Youth Orchestra.

THIS BLOG: contains writing about El Sistema, general pieces, & writing from the the Guardian & ex-website Chameleonworld, and has been accessed by people in well over 100 countries. This is what people have said about it: “Brilliantly argued and elegantly written”. “Excellent piece”. ”Remarkable response, deep and resonant”. “Great article, not to be missed reading”. “Wonderful post, much recommended read! Thank you for this beautiful article”. “Marcus is impeccable in the timeliness of his observations and right on as far as his suggestions …”. “… a masterful summary of Sistema activity worldwide. Makes my jaw drop. This is really good stuff”. “Marshall [Marcus] held nothing back in this epic account. This blog joyfully captures the enormity of the movement, if there were a course on El Sistema, this piece would be required reading”. “Thank you so much for this treatise on El Sistema … you are so ‘on the money’”. “You are not for the faint-hearted. I have fallen in love with your writing, dealing with feelings of inadequacy as I read but not deterred.” “Very informative and inspiring article!” ”Excellent piece with a rigorous, informed defence of El Sistema”. “Worth reading: a detailed evidenced argued defence of Sistema”. “Excellent article”. “Bravo for your eloquent blog”. “your last piece still blows me away”. “very powerful blogpost, fabulous”. “truly great article on your blog!”. “It’s a great read”.FEEDBACK & COMMENT: is welcomed. Use the ‘Leave a Reply’ box below; by e mail at ChameleonPost ; or publicly on Twitter at @marshallmarcus.